Starting

As an entrepreneur in the Netherlands you cannot escape paying taxes. When you have your fiscal affairs in order, you can profit maximally from your business results. However, many entrepreneurs are unaware of these possibilities due to constant changes in legislation and regulations. A tax consultant, bookkeeper or accountant offer the solution. 

A bookkeeper (also in the form of an accountant or tax consultant) can support you in completing the tax returns. Since a bookkeeper knows the intricacies that the Tax Authorities use, he can support you in filing tax returns in the best possible way for your company. 

Types of tax returns

As an entrepreneur in the Netherlands, you may or will encounter various tax returns such as for: 

• Income tax;  
• Wage tax;  
• Turnover tax and/or corporate tax. 

In exceptional cases, dividend tax and inheritance tax are also dealt with.  

All this can be submitted by a bookkeeper who can periodically submit everything for you using his own administration tools. 

Tax check 

The importance that everything is filed correctly is of course logical. That you want to gain as much benefit as possible is also logical. However, not all entrepreneurial benefits are applicable to every entrepreneur.  

A subsequent inspection by the Tax Authorities can sometimes lead to unpleasant back-pay of taxes that you want and should avoid. 

Bookkeeper

A bookkeeper is not an obligation, but rather, the purpose of your time is to start up the company in the Netherlands and to occupy yourself with the core business. Therefore it is wise to outsource the bookkeeping to a party that has international knowledge, personally supports you and points out possible interesting deductions for you as an entrepreneur in the Netherlands.